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Malmö after WW3

When I grew up I used to play a Swedish RPG called Mutant. The game was about the world after WW3 where mutants, robots and ordinary humans struggled for survival. It was a great game.

Yesterday I received the new version of the game as a PDF, it is called Mutant year 0, and takes place closer to the catastrophe then the original game. The game and the maps in it inspired me to try to make a map of Malmö in Sweden after the war.

So I made this map yesterday as a test of a new style, I actually tried to copy the style of the maps in the game here. The maps is supposed to look like someone have drawn it while exploring the place.

I love it! Fantastic colors, very post-apocalyptic. Some great place names too
The grid and numbers/letters in the edge stands out as too digital, for me. It'd look more coherent if they where drawn in the same quick, sketchy style as the rest.

I love it! Fantastic colors, very post-apocalyptic. Some great place names too
The grid and numbers/letters in the edge stands out as too digital, for me. It'd look more coherent if they where drawn in the same quick, sketchy style as the rest.

Thanks Lingon, and as a Swedish speaker you should really check out the game

Thanks for the comments.
@The_Buce - The Mutant world actually has quite a lot in common with the Fallout world
@Arsheesh - Well the whole map is a bit green, it is supposed to look like it is a poisonous place to live